Tex. Election Code § 3.003
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 3.003, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 3.003. ELECTION ORDERED BY GOVERNOR.
Official statutory text
(a) The governor shall order:
(1) each general election for officers of the state government, members of the United States Congress, and electors for president and vice-president of the United States;
(2) each election on a proposed constitutional amendment; and
(3) each special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature or in congress.
(b) The order shall be made by proclamation.
(c) Not later than the 36th day before election day, a copy of the proclamation ordering an election shall be mailed to the county judge of each county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the election.
(1) each general election for officers of the state government, members of the United States Congress, and electors for president and vice-president of the United States;
(2) each election on a proposed constitutional amendment; and
(3) each special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature or in congress.
(b) The order shall be made by proclamation.
(c) Not later than the 36th day before election day, a copy of the proclamation ordering an election shall be mailed to the county judge of each county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the election.
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